SeeView Manual

Introduction
HP NonStop SeeView Manual—526355-004
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Menus
uses the workstation’s internal memory to store its own pages, with different windows
possible on the different pages. In effect, it gives you several logical workstations on
one physical workstation, with different window arrangements on each page of internal
memory.
Menus
The SeeView product gives you the ability to use menus to perform actions. You can
use a menu to provide users with one or more choices and perform a set of commands
when an item is selected from the menu. You can associate a complex set of
commands with a simple menu entry, enabling you to create a menu-driven
environment for both new and experienced users.
Once you learn a few simple function keys, SeeView becomes an easy-to-use
interface for many of your daily tasks. SeeView provides an interactive, easy-to-
customize environment for many different uses. System managers, operators,
developers, analysts, and others can use it daily as a command interpreter. The
presentation capabilities of the SeeView product allow it to function in a desktop or
workbench environment, making it a powerful productivity tool.
Scripts
The SeeView product has a programmatic interface that allows users to write SeeView
programs (called scripts). You can write scripts to control window placement on the
screen, assign each window to a process, decide what text is sent to a process,
determine how the output from a process is displayed, and perform many other
functions. You can use these scripts to customize SeeView when first started, or
execute the scripts from a SeeView session that has already been started. For more
information on writing your own scripts, see Section 5, SeeView Language Elements,
through Section 9, SeeView Statements and Script Symbols.
Features
SeeView provides:
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Equipment independence: SeeView does not require any special equipment. It
runs equally well on HP 6530 terminals and PC, UNIX, and Macintosh workstations
using HP and third-party terminal emulation software.
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Program Persistence: When a terminal or workstation is powered off or rebooted,
you normally lose your session context and all host programs that had the
workstation open. However, if your sessions are activated through SeeView, they
remain active even if the workstation is rebooted or powered off and on. You can
then reestablish contact with these programs when you reconnect. SeeView also
allows you to move your SeeView sessions from one device to another (even at a
remote location) through the use of the SEEDIT CONNECT command.
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Quick Access: By enabling you to run many programs concurrently, the SeeView
product drastically reduces the overhead caused by repeated process creation and